From civic to mission engagement
The roles of universities in place-based missions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 24239232 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matt Ziembla (0000-0003-4653-8087, University of Manchester), James Evans (0000-0002-7721-4782, University of Manchester), Mabel Sanchez Barrioluengo (University of Manchester), Elvira Uyarra (0000-0003-3144-1741, University of Manchester) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2026-12-31 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Contemporary Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2158-2041 • E-ISSN: 2158-205X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/21582041.2026.2749691 |
| OpenAlex | W7223178774 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 89 |
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Universities as the engine of transformational sustainability toward delivering the sustainable development goals
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Conceptualizing the Regional Roles of Universities, Implications and Contradictions
The future of the university and the university of the future
The economic impact of universities
Building an innovation hub
Mission-oriented innovation policies
The economic benefits of publicly funded basic research
How Cities Learn
Where innovation meets directionality
New directions for RIS studies and policies in the face of grand societal challenges
Regional innovation systems in an era of grand societal challenges
Universities as change agents in resource-poor local settings
Technology transfer offices in the diffusion of transformative innovation
Transformative innovation policy
Academic Institutions as Innovation Intermediaries; Co-creating knowledge and building the Gujarat agroecology learning alliance (Gala)
Characteristics, potentials, and challenges of transdisciplinary research
Principles for knowledge co-production in sustainability research
Living labs and co-production
Universities in crisis?--new challenges and strategies in two English city-regions
Universities as anchor institutions in cities in a turbulent funding environment
The strategic management of core cities
Co-producing urban knowledge
The role of universities in regional development strategies
Can University Leaders Effectively Promote Research on Complex Societal Challenges? A Change-Agency Perspective
Community Co-creation through knowledge (Co)Production
Builder, broker, beacon and base
Knowledge policies and universities in developing countries
Anchor Institutions
Putting missions in their place
Anchoring talent to regions
Towards a problem-oriented regional industrial policy
Unseen costs
Universities as catalysts of change in locked-in and vulnerable resource-based regions of the Global South
The political dynamics of place-based missions
Facilitating spaces for place-based leadership in centralized governance systems
Strategic agency and institutional change
Mission-oriented innovation
Mission-oriented innovation policy
Analysing the prospects for place-based micro-missions
Neighborhood Revitalization and the Anchor Institution
The uphill battle for reinventing post-industrial regions
Geographies of mission-oriented innovation policy
Why a challenge-oriented approach is a good match for the needs and challenges of EU Cohesion Policy
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Mission-oriented innovation systems
Institutional Entrepreneurship, Partaking, and Convening
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Methods and procedures of transdisciplinary knowledge integration
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